Apparatus for condensing and cooling vapors of liquids.



No. 627,774. Patented lune 27, I899.

T. FAIRL EY.

APPARATUS FOR CUNDENSING AND COOLING VAPORS 0R LIQUIDS.

(Application filed Dec. 28, 1897,)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES A rENT FFICE.

THOMAS FAIRLEY, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING AND COOLING VAPORS 0R LlQUlDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,774, dated June 27, 1899.

Application filed December 23,1897- Serial No. 663,175. (No model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LTHOMAS FAIRLEY, a subj ect of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and a resident of Leeds, in the county of York, England,have invented a certain new and useful Improved Apparatus for Condensing and Cooling Vapors or Liquids, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 4,536, bearing date February 19, 1897,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct simple and efficient apparatus whereby va-' pors, gases, or liquids may be quickly cooled without waste of the cooling agent, and apparatus constructed as hereinafter described are smaller and more compact in form in proportion to the work done than those generally used for the purpose and may therefore be not only constructed of copper, tin, or other suitable cheap materials, but also of aluminium, silver, or platinum, without prohibitive cost.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section,'and Fig; 2 a sectional plan taken on the line X X of Fig. 1, of an apparatus illustrating my invention in its simplest form; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section, and Fig. 4 a sectional plan taken on the line Y Y of Fig. 3, illustrating the same apparatus adapted for treating larger quantities of vapor or liquid required tobe cooled.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, I construct a double cone, which is composed of two thin cones A and B, joined together base to base, and the apexes of the cones A and B are provided with inlet and outlet tubes 0 and D for the supply and discharge of the cooling agent. A jacketed chamber is formed on the exterior of the double cone A B by means of two cones E and F, which are connected together base to base, and a tube G is provided for the entrance of the vapor to be condensed, while a tube H carriesofi the condensed liquid. The ends of the tubes 0 and D are turned within the cones A and B, so as to supply and withdraw the cooling agent directly to and from their apexes, thus preventing the cooling agent remaining stagnant adjacent to the end of the cones.

The cooling agent as it enters the inner double cone by the tube 0 is projected into the l apex of the cone B by the turned-down end of the said tube C. The cooling agent then rises, collecting heat as it ascends, until it reaches the apex of the cone A, Where it is drawn off by the tube D. As the fluid enters at the tube G it impinges on the exterior of the apex of the cone A, and this has the effect of spreading the stream' of fluid and diverting it down the sides of the cone A. Condensation is effected by the cooling agent within the cone A, and the fluid meets an increased condensing or cooling surface till it comes to the line of junction of the cones, and the fluid is led by the cone F to the tube II.

By inclosing the apparatus above described with a third double cone J K, as seen at Figs. 3 and 4, an outer jacket is provided for the circulation of a cooling agent, and I thus obtain a more powerfulapparatus suitable for use on a larger scale. In this case the side tubes C and D pass through the conesE and J and F and K and connect to the cones A and B near their apexes, and the outer jacket inclosed within the double cone J K is provided with inlet and outlet tubes M andN for the supply and discharge of the cooling agent, which tubes M and N connect to the cones J and K near their narrowest parts, the tube N being seen in Fig. A .with the extremity of the tube M projecting behind same.

The action of the outer jacket formed by the cones J and K is similar to that of the douoff at the top in both cases, and this cumulative management of the cooling agent, comthe cone A, enables the apparatus described to condense vapor or cool liquids with minimum expenditure of cooling agent.

I do not claim a cooling or condensing device having conical ends.

I claim as my invention 1. The cones A, B, united at their bases and forming a vessel for cooling liquid with the supply-pipe C, opening into the bottom end of the cone B, and turned down to direct the liquid to the apex of the cone, and the discharge-pipe D,.opening up into the apex at the top end of the cone A,in combination with the surrounding vessel composed of the in ble cone A B, and the cooling agent is taken binedwith the dividing action of the apex of verted cones E, F, with the inlet-pipe G, at

the upper end for the fluid to be cooled, and the upper end for the fluid to be cooled and the discharge-pipe H, at the lower end, subthe discharge-pipe H, at the lower end, and stantially as specified. the exterior jacket composed of the united 2. The cones A, B, united at their bases cones J, K, and inlet-pipe M, near the botand forming a vessel for eooling liquid, with torn of the cone K, and the discharge-pipe N, the supply-pipe 0, opening into the bottom near the top of the cone J, substantially as end of the cone B, and turned down to direct specified.

the liquid to the apex of the cone and the 1 discharge-pipe D, opening up into the apex TIHQMAS FAIR'LEY' at the top end of the cone A, in combination Witnesses:

GRIFFITH BREWER, JOHN J OWETT.

with the surrounding vessel composed of the inverted cones E, F, with the inlet-pipe G, at 

